This page features hobbies like walking, mountain climbing, and many other
hobbies that ALT's might have. If your own hobby isn't listed, try finger
spelling the name of it using Page Two: The 50 Sounds of the Japanese Language.
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1. My hobby is…
(私の趣味は…−わたしのしゅみは…)
| First, point to the center of your chest with the extended index finger
(indicating yourself). Next, put the open right hand next to your right
cheek palm out with the fingers pointing up and the thumb to the left.
After that, move the hand to the lower left of the jaw while making a fist
(looks like you are catching a ball). Then, make the sign for your hobby
(in this case, videogames). To make the sign for videogames, place the
open hands palms out, thumbs up in front of the stomach giving the interlocutor
the image of you holding a video game controller. You then move your thumbs
as if pressing down on the controller's buttons. |
mov_jsl_11_1a.mp4 |
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2. Sports （スポーツ）
There are two ways to make the sign for sports :
a. Place the open hands about 15 centimeters apart in front of the chest
with the palms facing each other. Circle them away from you, alternating
one closer to you and one farther away (this mimics the image of someone
running). |
mov_jsl_11_1b.mp4 |
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| b. Fist both hands and extend the thumbs. Place the fisted hands about
15 centimeters apart in front of the chest with the palms facing each other
and the thumbs pointing up. Alternate moving one toward you and one away
from you a few times (this mimics the image of people running in a race). |
mov_jsl_11_1c.mp4 |
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3. Walking (散歩する−さんぽする)
| Extend your index and middle fingers from your fisted right hand and place
it in front of the right side of your chest. With the fingers pointing
down (making an image of a standing person), move your hand away from you
as you scissor your fingers (giving the image of a person walking). |
mov_jsl_11_1d.mp4 |
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4. Hiking (ハイキング)
| Open both hands with the fingers splayed (these signs represent groups
of people) and place them in front of the chest, fingers pointing up thumbs
back toward you, with the palms facing each other. The left hand should
be held away from you a little bit more than the right. To complete the
sign move the hands away from you with a bouncing motion to give the image
of two groups of people rambling along. |
mov_jsl_11_1e.mp4 |
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5. Mountain Climbing (登山−とざん)
| First, make the sign for mountain with your right hand by cupping it, palm
down and fingers pointing left, a little above the left hip and arcing
it over to the right hip making the shape of a mountain. Next, extend your
index and middle fingers from your fisted right hand and place it in a
little above your right hip. With the fingers pointing down (making an
image of a standing person), move your hand up and to the left in an arc
as you scissor your fingers (giving the image of a person walking up a
mountain). |
mov_jsl_11_1f.mp4 |
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6. Fishing (釣り−つり)
| Hold the hands in front of the stomach with the hands fisted and the index fingers extended and pointed toward the interlocutor. The left should be out just a little more than the right giving the interlocutor the image of the signer holding a fishing pole. To finish the sign, the signer jerks their hands, pointing the fingers up a little to give the interlocutor the image that they have caught a fish. |
mov_jsl_11_1g.mp4 |
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7. Motorcycling (バイク)
| Both hands are fisted and placed out in front of you as if gripping the
handlebars of a bike. The right then twists under twice as if revving the
bike's engine. |
mov_jsl_11_1h.mp4 |
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8. Cycling (サイクリング)
| The fisted hands are held palm down, side by side in front of the center
of the chest. They are then alternately circled forward twice making a
pedaling motion. |
mov_jsl_11_1i.mp4 |
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9. Driving (ドライブ)
| The hands are fisted and held in front of the chest to look as if gripping
the steering wheel of a car. The left is held at 10 o'clock and the right
is held at 5 o'clock. You then makes a motion as if turning the wheel to
the left and then back to the original position. |
mov_jsl_11_1j.mp4 |
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10. Darts (ダーツ)
| Pinch the tip of the right index finger to the tip of the thumb and pretend
to throw a couple darts toward the interlocutor with two snapping motions. |
mov_jsl_11_1k.mp4 |
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